Optimization of the pre-polymerization step of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) production in a semi-batch reactor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-55

  Shin, Joonho ^a,c   Lee, Yunghyo ^b   Park, Sunwon ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b SKC Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^c SK Engineering and Construction Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET); Prepolymerization; Successive quadratic programming (SQP)

Indexed keywords

ESTERIFICATION; GLYCOLS; INTERPOLATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERIZATION; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; TEMPERATURE;

DIETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PREPOLYMERIZATION; SUCCESSIVE QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

BATCH PROCESS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESS CONTROL; REACTOR;

EID: 0032744629     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-8947(98)00097-7     Document Type: Article

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